Thill or pole clip.



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P TENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. GILLETT, DAVID P. GILLETT, AND FREDERICK B. WOOD, OF

' WARRENS, WISCONSIN.

THILL OR POLE CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 732,629, dated `June 30, 1903.

Application led Manch 14, 1903. Serial No. 147,816. (No model.)

.To ali whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. GILLETT, DAVID P. GILLETT, and FREDERICK B. WOOD, citizens of the United States, residing at Warrens, in the county of Monroe and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thill or Pole Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention refers to a separable thill and pole clip, and has for its object the production of a clip that is strong, certain in its action, easily separated for the removal of the thills or pole, and readily attachable to the ordinary axle.

A further object of the invention is the embodiment in a thill and pole clip of the various improvements in detail herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a top plan view of a pair of clips in posit-ion on the axle of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through one of the clips and the axle on dotted line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view taken from the front side of the axle, showing one of the clips partially in section on the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an isometrical perspective view illustrating the two parts of one of the clips separated, as in the operation of uncoupling them.

In the application of the clip to thills or poles two of the clips are used, one for each thill or pole arm. The clip consists, essentially, of two members A and B, the former being intended to be fastened to the axle and the latter to the thill or pole arm. For attachment to the axle the member A is provided With the integral base-bar A', having two holes A2 properly spaced to receive the threaded shank ends of the well-known strapiron A3. The member A- also has a body portion A4, in one side of which is formed the longitudinal groove A5, and opening from the bottom of this groove and extending transversely Within said body portion is the opening A6. From the side of the body portion opposite to that containing the groove A5 an arm A7 extends forwardly, said arm bearing at its forward end the transversely-extending stud A8. On the upper face of the bodyportion A4 a springlocking latch A9 is pivotally mounted upon the screwAlO, the free endof said latch being provided with an opening A11, which is adapted to register with a notch lA12, cut from one of the upperforward corners of the body portion A4.

The member B comprises a body portion B,

vfrom the forward end of which andvat the with a groove B4, open at its rear end, and

opening from its groove and extending transversely into said body portion B is a recess B5, which groove and recess are adapted to receive the arm A7 and its stud AS, respectively. An Aarm BG, having a transversely-extending stud B7, is formed integral with and projects rearwardly from the rear face of the body portion B, said arm and stud being intended to enter the groove A5 and the opening A, respectively, in the body portion A4 of the member A. At the point of juncture of the arm I56 and the body portion B is formed a rectangular fillet B8, adapted to coincide with the notch A12 when the members A and B are placed together, and the upper end of this fillet has an upwardly-extending .pin B9 of suitable size to enter the opening A11 in the free end of thespring-locking latch A9, Whereby the two members A and B are held securely together.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that each member A and B is provided with means for attachment to the axle and the thill or pole arm, respectively, and with an arm and a transversely-extending stud adapted toenter a corresponding groove and opening inthe other member.

The two clips are identical, each with the other, and thereforeit will be seen that when both members B of the pair are mounted in the rear end of a pair of thills or the rear end of a pole a bodily sidewise movement of the y thills or pole will separate the two members of each clip, the locking-latch A9 of each having previously been disengaged from its pin B9.

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The clips are applied to axle and thills or pole, as hereinbefore pointed out, and each pair of thills and each pole is provided with a pair of the members B, so that in changes in the vehicle from thills to pole, or vice versa, it will not be necessary to remove the members B from either thills or pole.

These clips are made of metal, preferably of malleable iron or cast-steel, and the parts are made close fitting, so that rattling is obviated. The joint between the two members of the clips is strong and rigid, no load being placed upon the locking-spring A9, the latter is not subjected to Wear.

The device herein illustrated and described is susceptible of many modifications in the form and arrangement of its parts Without a departure from the spirit and scope of our invention. Therefore We do not limit onrselves to the particularconstruction herein set forth.

IVe claim as our invention- 1. In a thill and pole clip, in combination, a member provided with a longitudinally-extending arm and a transversely-extending opening, said arm having a transversely-extending stud; and asecond member provided with a transversely-extending stud adapted to lie in the opening of said other member, also having an openingr adapted to receive the stud on the arm of said other mem ber.

2. In a thill and pole clip, in combination, a member having means for attaching it to the axle, said member being provided with an opening and a stud; and a second member having means for attaching it to the thill, said second member also having an opening adapted to receive the stud ofthe other member, and a stud adapted to lie in the opening of said other member.

3. In a thill and pole clip, in combination, a member having means for attaching it to the axle, said member being provided with an opening and a stud; a second member having means for attaching it to the thill, said second member also having an opening adapted to receive the stud of the other member, and a stud adapted to lie in the opening of said other member; and means for preventing the separation of said members.

4. In a thill and pole clip, in combination, a member having means for attaching it to the axle, said member being provided with an opening and a stud; a second member having means for attaching it io the thill, said second member also having an opening adapted to receive the stud of the other member, Iand a stud adapted to lie in the opening of said other member; and a locking-latch on said first-mentioned member, adapted to engage the second member.

NVILLIAM A. GILLETT. DAVID P. GILLETT. FREDERICK B. WOOD.

IVitnesses:

J. P. REINHARD, H. BENTZER. 

